PRINSIP OTONOMI PASIEN DALAM KONTRAK PERAWATAN MEDIS DI RUMAH SAKIT

A Legal relationship on medical treatment in the hospital require a equal relations between the practitioners of medical services to the patient. The medical treatment is not only the art of treat diseases but also the art of serving healthcare to patients. The nature of the profession work in the field of medical treatment must be distinguished from the personal nature of the professions related to medical treatment. The profession in the health sector has a great power directed against the human body. Therefore, a great power in the medical treatment should be based on the best interests patient. The medical treatment in hospitals do not only carry out any medical intervention by medical science, but it also includes acts in the framework of medical decision-making process. In this context, a legal relationship requires the strengthening of medical treatment to the patient through the principle of patient autonomy. The principle of patient autonomy will enable a patient to decide medical treatment program. It is a moral philosophy ensuring procedural justice in the legal relations of medical treatment. The best interests of patient manifested in the performance of medical treatment based on prudence. The fulfillment of prudence on medical treatment is not merely at the implementation stage any medical intervention but it also includes the medical decision making process. The medical decision making should be based on the patient's awareness for the risks. Patient awareness on the risks involved in the legal relations medical treatment depends on the medical decision making process as long as in a medical treatment. The virtue of medical decision making process is determined by the enforcement of autonomy patient principle. Patient awareness for the risks will affect the legal liability of the partie